i want to buy a new bass >> can't choose

for the moment i'm playing on an iBanez TR70, she sucks! So I'm looking for a new one! She must be lite, thin neck, cool looking, not too many buttons and below $600. Wich model/brand do you guys recommend? With my band I play something between punk and metal (no nu-metal) but I also like to play more funky bass-tunes!

Originally posted by C//LiMBa She must be lite, thin neck, cool looking, not too many buttons and below $600.

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Reverend Rumblefish!! It's lightweight, with a perfect neck, three knobs, and it is definitely cool looking. As far as price, new ones are $699 direct, but you can get a gently used one for much less. It's a great take on the Jazz bass, but it has more balls than any passive J- or J-style bass I've ever played.
Check eBay and elsewhere on the 'net for used ones, they pop up fairly often. There's a 5-string on eBay right now.

Originally posted by Dave Siff
Reverend Rumblefish!! It's lightweight, with a perfect neck, three knobs, and it is definitely cool looking. As far as price, new ones are $699 direct, but you can get a gently used one for much less. It's a great take on the Jazz bass, but it has more balls than any passive J- or J-style bass I've ever played.
Check eBay and elsewhere on the 'net for used ones, they pop up fairly often. There's a 5-string on eBay right now.

Yeah that rumblefish is really ugly, I say get the Jazz and a little effects pedal to give you an active punch (I use a certain setting on my zoom 506 II that gives the jazz that active growl, I love it). Or you could save up 200 more bux and get a stingray, can't go wrong with a stingray for metal and punk.

i think i've made a decision, it's gonna be a Warwick RockBass Corvette Basic 4-String Blue because i've never heard anything bad about warwick and also the price is verrrry nice (less than $500)
if anybody disagrees with my choice, please tell me, i'm going to order it within a week (then i've got money )
thanx a lot duderinos

Warwicks are great, but that is not a warwick. The thing that makes warwicks special are the woos and the brass frets, ans the rockbass has basic woods an regular frets. You could get a Streamer STD wich is the bottom of the line warwick, but still gets the growl (and still has the exotic woods and brss frets). Its not as good as the expensive warwicks, but itsstill good and it beats the pants of the rockbasses.